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The I_HeERO promotional tour across Europe ended last week, having presented the road safety benefits of eCall automated emergency calls in incidents involving trucks and buses.

Throughout October 2017 the eCall for Heavy Goods Vehicles Demo Tour stopped in four European cities to demonstrate the potential of eCall to save lives following traffic incidents involving heavy goods vehicles, buses and coaches.

How can we use space to tackle things like energy, health care, mobility and the environment? Can space-based applications help agricultural production? What are innovative, effective and efficient space solutions for today’s most pressing issues?Get the answer to these questions and more by registering for the fourth edition of the European Space Solutions conference!

Hosted by the 2016 Dutch Presidency of the European Council, the conference takes place in The Hague from 30 May to 3 June 2016 .

The ARTES Telecom Days 2015 will be held at ESTEC, on 12 and 13 November 2015.

The first day of this two-day event is dedicated to presentations on satcom programmes, technologies and products, providing in-depth information on the opportunities offered by the Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme.

The second day is dedicated to face-to-face meetings between Industry and ESA, making this event a unique opportunity to network and exchange ideas and information with ESA experts.

The 2016 European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium follows the previous successful symposia held in Edinburgh (2013), Bergen (2010), Montreux (2007) and Salzburg (2004). The event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from 9-13 May 2016 and is organised with the support of the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.

From 10 to 14 November 2014 Europe will be hosting the Ninth Meeting of the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG-9). The meeting is being organised by the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency (GSA) on behalf of the European Union.

The Government of the CzechRepublic approved on October 27, 2014 the National Space Plan for the period 2014 – 2019 (NSP 2014). The main objective of the NSP 2014 is to increase the international competitiveness and the technological and innovative level of the CzechRepublic. The NSP 2014 represents the strategy of the CzechRepublic in further development of capacities and capabilities of its industry and academia and in maximising the return of the public investment in space activities.

The European Space Agency is organising an ISS Payload Safety certification process workshop, which will be hosted in ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on the 27th and 28th November 2014. The objective of this workshop is to provide the participants with an understanding of the ESA Safety certification process for the International Space Station ( ISS) payloads. An introduction to the technical safety requirements applicable to the ISS Payloads will also be provided.

The 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Agriculture and Forestry together with workshop on Open Data for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Rural development will take place in Jeglava, Latvia on 15th – 17th September 2014.

The eCall Days as the largest conference on the pan-European eCall in Germany takes place in Berlin the forth time. During the two conference days, the event gives a European-wide overview on the situation of eCall deployment and implementation.

On the 10th - 11th June 2014 the 3rd Copernicus National User Forum, this year focused on the SAR data and Copernicus downstream services, took place in Prague on the premises of the Ministry of Transport. This conference, organized in cooperation with CENIA, Czech Environmental Information Agency, the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic and the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, was attended by more than 100 visitors. This year the event was organised as a side event of the European Space Solutions conference.

On the 19th and 20th of May 2014 the DATEX II User Forum will take place in Prague. The event will be a perfect opportunity to develop and update your DATEX II expertise and to link with the growing community, also influencing the way ahead. The forum is meant to bring together a broad audience from technical to Management level, from new to experienced users.